DebMed System - Clinical Compendium

Not all system are created equal

DebMed is the only electronic system clinically and scientifically proven to be an accurate and reliable method of measuring hand hygiene based on CDC guidelines, WHO 5-Moments, and the Public Health Ontario adaptation, 4-Moments for Hand Hygiene.

The purpose of the study was to provide a benchmark from which to determine hand hygiene compliance rates by comparing product utilization to opportunities for hand hygiene based on the WHO 5 Moments guideline.

This validation study used 24-hour video surveillance of healthcare worker hand hygiene activity. The results demonstrated that hand hygiene opportunities based on the WHO 5 method can be accurately calculated using a unit’s patient census and the patient-to-nurse ratio.

Validation study tested the automated hand hygiene compliance data collection system (DebMed) against human auditors, and the found no significant difference to the averages reported in the 2011 study by Steed et al.